Attention had already shifted and the Broncos couldn’t escape the inevitable, even in their own locker room, where a handful of flat-screen TVs hovered over their conversations and one of their final days at work in 2017.
Airing was a recurring daily sports show that on this day was poring over the 2018 draft and its top quarterback prospects, a list that seemed to grow more intriguing by the day. A graphic flashed the mugs of a handful of 20-somethings that had already become household names, including Heisman-winner Baker Mayfield, Wyoming’s Josh Allen, UCLA’s Josh Rosen and Southern California’s Sam Darnold.